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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 81-3282533

The Suzanne Roberts Cultural Development

A private foundation in Philadelphia, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 24 grants and $1.2 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $1,244,136

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $2,457,759

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,073,000

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $3,438,938

  • Tax year 2023

    $766,000

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $4,226,499

  • Tax year 2022

    $756,000

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $4,619,244

  • Tax year 2021

    $791,000

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $5,048,494

  • Tax year 2020

    $701,000

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $5,724,191

Grants paid in 2025

24 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Philadelphia Theatre CompanyPhiladelphia, PA

    To help fund the recipient's operating budget

    $968,136
  2. Koresh DancePhiladelphia, PA

    To help fund the recipient's operating budget

    $37,500
  3. Hedgerow TheatreMedia, PA

    To help fund the recipient's operating budget

    $30,000
  4. The Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous HealthBaltimore, MD

    To help fund the recipient's operating budget

    $25,000
  5. Ballet XPhiladelphia, PA

    To help fund the recipient's operating budget

    $22,500
  6. 1812 ProductionsPhiladelphia, PA

    To help fund the recipient's operating budget

    $18,000
  7. Act II PlayhouseAmbler, PA

    To help fund the recipient's operating budget

    $15,000
  8. Lantern Theater CompanyPhiladelphia, PA

    To help fund the recipient's operating budget

    $15,000
  9. WhyyGreencastle, PA

    To help fund the recipient's operating budget

    $15,000
  10. Arden Theatre CompanyPhiladelphia, PA

    To help fund the recipient's operating budget

    $12,000
  11. Interact Theatre CompanyPhiladelphia, PA

    To help fund the recipient's operating budget

    $12,000
  12. PhiladancoPhiladelphia, PA

    To help fund the recipient's operating budget

    $12,000
  13. Wilma TheatrePhiladelphia, PA

    To help fund the recipient's operating budget

    $12,000
  14. Curtis Institute of MusicPhiladelphia, PA

    To help fund the recipient's operating budget

    $10,000
  15. Philadelphia's Mural Arts ProgramPhiladelphia, PA

    To help fund the recipient's operating budget

    $7,500
  16. Theatre ExilePhiladelphia, PA

    To help fund the recipient's operating budget

    $7,500
  17. PlaypennPhiladelphia, PA

    To help fund the recipient's operating budget

    $4,500
  18. Settlement Music SchoolPhiladelphia, PA

    To help fund the recipient's operating budget

    $4,500
  19. Avenue of the ArtsPhiladelphia, PA

    To help fund the recipient's operating budget

    $3,750
  20. Performance GaragePhiladelphia, PA

    To help fund the recipient's operating budget

    $3,750
  21. Fleisher Art MemorialPhiladelphia, PA

    To help fund the recipient's operating budget

    $2,500
  22. The Rock SchoolPhiladelphia, PA

    To help fund the recipient's operating budget

    $2,500
  23. Nichole Canuso Dance CompanyPhiladelphia, PA

    To help fund the recipient's operating budget

    $2,000
  24. The Free Library of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA

    To help fund the recipient's operating budget

    $1,500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture11 grants $1,054,636100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania23 grants $1,219,136
  2. Maryland1 grant $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Brian L RobertsTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Sheldon M BonovitzTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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